Alternative Nest Trading for Indigenous or Ingenious Little Livelihood seekers, also known as ANTHILL, Cebu’s pride and globally renowned social enterprise, commissioned the atelier to transform their hill into a proper showroom/ gallery, fix and tidy up their production house and organize a proper flow, add a mezzanine floor as a design office and swatch library, remodel their sampling areas and admin offices, and enhance their retail spaces to better showcase their weaves, apparel and non-apparel products. The added challenge, was to make use of existing shelving and furniture for the project to reduce waste and save on cost. The result was a versatile white space that’s more of an art gallery than a selling area, with upcycled ply-wood and palette wood surfaces adding warmth to the space, giving Anthill’s beautiful local weaves the rightful forefront.